IN A definite highlight of an otherwise cringeworthy Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, an Australian athlete bombed Kylie Minogue’s performance.

While Minogue was going for a quick costume change in Glasgow, Australian steeplechase runner Genevieve LaCaze made her way onto the stage and started busting a move with the back-up dancers before being escorted by security guards.

Gold Coaster LaCaze was also celebrating her 25th birthday.

“The opportunty to dance with Kylie Minogue doesn’t come around every lifetime, so I took it,” a bubbly LaCaze told Brisbane radio station B105 while on a bus back to the athletes’ village.

LaCaze finished fifth in the steeplechase in her first Commonwealth Games appearance.

Asked whether she would be facing any punishment for the stage invasion, LaCaze said: “I’m yet to find out if I got in trouble.

“I’ll probably find out in the next couple of hours but I’ll just embrace it while I haven’t gotten in trouble yet.”

Her only regret?

“I could have grabbed the microphone and shown a little bit of vocals but I don’t know how talented I am in that area,” LaCaze said.

Told about the headlines she was making back home in Australia, she added, “That was the aim,” as she was hoping to create attention for the Gold Coast 2018 Games.

Kylie Minogue performs during the closing ceremony for the Commonwealth Games.Source:Getty Images

For the most part, the Australian segment of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony had us desperately searching for the mute button.

In what was already a snorefest of a farewell to the Games, pop singer Jessica Mauboy took to the stage to introduce Gold Coast 2018 but it was more like an educational video than entertainment spectacular with a rather dialogue-heavy performance.